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title: «I'm a magition when I grow up». Which spelling is right, and why? — Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion,… · tree and pragmatics
description: «I'm a magition when I grow up». Which spelling is right, and why? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian» of the English course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian

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«I'm a magition when I grow up». Which spelling is right, and why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, spelling · **What happens:** be, grow up · **To what, where:** magition

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This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Endings that sound like «shun»: -tion, -sion, -ssion, -cian» of the English course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/english/8-endings-that-sound-like-shun/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «I'm a magition when I grow up».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:1
# text = «I'm a magition when I grow up».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	magition	magition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | I | a magition |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow up** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

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*Sentence 2:* Which spelling is right, and why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:2
# text = Which spelling is right, and why?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	spelling	spelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | which spelling |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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magition: -tion is the most common ending

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:o1:1
# text = magition: -tion is the most common ending
1	magition	magition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	tion	tion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	8	advmod	_	_
8	common	common	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ending	ending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | magition tion | the common ending |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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magission: magic tricks need ss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:o2:1
# text = magission: magic tricks need ss
1	magission	magission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tricks	trick	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	ss	ss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | magission magic tricks | ss |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot ss=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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magician: a job from «magic», which ends in c

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:o3:1
# text = magician: a job from «magic», which ends in c
1	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	magic	magic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	ends	end	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	c	c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end** | present | magician and a job from magic |  |  | c |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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magision: the sound is soft like «television»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:english:8-endings-that-sound-like-shun:t2:o4:1
# text = magision: the sound is soft like «television»
1	magision	magision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
7	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the sound |  |  |  |  | like television; soft *property* | tree rules |

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